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While Moreno may have lacked international name recognition, his invention made him very wealthy. His company, Innovatron, has made approximately €150m, nearly $ 192 million, in royalty payments, from the smart card and its licenses. In 2005, Moreno noted, "I can stop anyone on the street in
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parents on 11 June 1945. His original last name was
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with an upside down microchip and external arms to transfer or read information. However, the idea proved both impractical and unpopular during the 1970s. Moreno then simplified the idea, introducing a plastic card with a microchip in 1975. He called it
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